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Atoposaurus
Taxonomy
Atoposaurus was named by von Meyer (1850). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Karl et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Homeosauridae by Gervais (1852), Gervais (1859); to Neosuchia by Bronzati et al. (2012); to Atoposauridae by Lortet (1892), Wellnhofer (1971), Buscalioni and Sanz (1988), Carroll (1988), Karl et al. (2006), Tennant and Mannion (2014); and to Atoposauridae by Tennant et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Homeosauridae by Gervais (1852), Gervais (1859); to Neosuchia by Bronzati et al. (2012); to Atoposauridae by Lortet (1892), Wellnhofer (1971), Buscalioni and Sanz (1988), Carroll (1988), Karl et al. (2006), Tennant and Mannion (2014); and to Atoposauridae by Tennant et al. (2016).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1850 | Atoposaurus von Meyer |
| 1852 | Atoposaurus Gervais p. 261 |
| 1859 | Atoposaurus Gervais p. 459 |
| 1892 | Atoposaurus Lortet p. 92 |
| 1971 | Atoposaurus Wellnhofer p. 136 |
| 1988 | Atoposaurus Buscalioni and Sanz |
| 1988 | Atoposaurus Carroll |
| 2006 | Atoposaurus Karl et al. |
| 2012 | Atoposaurus Bronzati et al. |
| 2014 | Atoposaurus Tennant and Mannion |
| 2016 | Atoposaurus Tennant et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Atoposaurus von Meyer 1850
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†Atoposaurus jourdani Meyer 1850
†Atoposaurus oberndorferi Meyer 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 152.21000 to 145.06000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimmeridgian | France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) | A. jourdani (191086) | |
| Late/Upper Kimmeridgian | Germany (Bayern) | A. oberndorferi (57682) | |
| Early/Lower Tithonian | Germany (Bayern) | A. oberndorferi (105541) |